Course work: Rather than using paper strips to isolate areas of interest in the negative-space painting, I chose to do the entire process with the computer, which makes the selection process faster and much simpler to record. After trying over a dozen possibilities, I settled on six that had enough interest for further consideration (although the last two are almost abstract, and one, an inverted image of the corner of the stand, is probably outside the intention of the exercise).
If I were going to choose one of these for further development, it would probably be #3, although it is probable that for the full-color painting I will revert to the design of one of the earlier charcoal drawings.
Stage 4:
“Were there better viewpoints than the one you chose?” I’m sure there are several; one, an eye-level view about 45° further to the right than the one I painted, is interesting, but would be difficult to do given the limitations of my “studio”, and it would not have worked as a negative-space painting.
“Did you choose the best drawing to develop?” For the objectives of this exercise, I think that I did.
“Did you use only four tones in your charcoal drawings to translate the tones in your group of objects?” To the best of my ability, I did so.
“Would you change any of the tones in your drawings if you started again?” Almost certainly, I would. One never sees things the same way when looked at a second or third time.
This project has been valuable to me as an introduction to acrylic handling, and as a refresher in thinking about negative shapes. I do not think that my resulting piece of work is either very successful or very interesting, but it was a useful learning experience. I think that I am ready to proceed to ‘Colour Theory and Practice’ now.
Started constructing the grid for the color mixing exercise, on ~A2 size paper.
Reading and theoretical studies:
Paul Zelanski & Mary Pat Fisher Colour
The Herbert Press, London, 1989
Pp. 9-84
Stephanie D’Allesandro and John Elderfield Matisse: Radical Invention 1913-1917
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 2010
Pp. 196-215
Sketchbook work: A sketch of a pine cone, not well done. (Side effects from influenza shot are beginning to be bothersome).
Time today: 2 hours 41 minutes
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